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17 March 2018 Revisiting the Distribution of Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) and T. pityocampa ENA Clade in Greece
Dimitrios N. Avtzis, Dimitrios Petsopoulos, George I. Memtsas, Nickolas G. Kavallieratos, Christos G. Athanassiou, Maria C. Boukouvala
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In the present work, we sampled individuals of the processionary pine moth, Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Denis and Schiffermüller; Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) from different areas of Greece between 2014 and 2016. These samples were sequenced for a 760-bp long mtDNA COI locus and the haplotypes retrieved clearly showed that the occurrence of T. pityocampa in Greece is being considerably restricted, with only 8 individuals out of the 221 exhibiting T. pityocampa haplotypes and the rest being identified as T. pityocampa ENA clade haplotypes. To that, one haplotype in particular exhibited the highest abundance and broadest geographic distribution, occurring both in mainland and on islands. Our data suggest a rather recent and rapid population expansion of the ENA clade in Greece and a concomitant recent displacement of T. pityocampa. It thus seems that the relation between T. pityocampa and T. pityocampa ENA clade needs to be further and thorough analyzed before the taxonomic status of T. pityocampa ENA clade can be concluded with confidence.

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Dimitrios N. Avtzis, Dimitrios Petsopoulos, George I. Memtsas, Nickolas G. Kavallieratos, Christos G. Athanassiou, and Maria C. Boukouvala "Revisiting the Distribution of Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) and T. pityocampa ENA Clade in Greece," Journal of Economic Entomology 111(3), 1256-1260, (17 March 2018). https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toy047
Received: 26 November 2017; Accepted: 30 January 2018; Published: 17 March 2018
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KEYWORDS
displacement
expansion
mtDNA
T. pityocampa ENA clade
Thaumetopoea pityocampa
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